50 YEARS AGO - OCT. 9, 1936
Miss Eureka Nitzkowski, head of the Home
Economics Department of the Luzerne County
Agricultural Extension Association, was guest
speaker at Camp Wildwood, Harveys Lake. Mrs.
Harvey Kitchen was program chairman.
Huntsville Christian Church celebrated the
93rd anniversary of its founding. Rev. C.H.
Frick was church pastor. Absent was Peter
Culp, who had died in February. Frick, a
pioneer resident and Civil War Veteran, had
attended the church dedication as an infant in
1843. Culp had much historical knowledge of the
Huntsville Christian Church.
You could get - Tub butter 2 lb. 73c; Mason
fruit jars 59c¢ qgts.; rice 4 lb. 25c; 2 lb. graham
crackers 25c; rolled oats 45 oz. pkg. 17c; clam
chowder 10c can; apples 3 lb. 1l4c; celery 2
bunches 15c¢; chuck roast 19c Ib.; stewing
chickens 23c lb.; pork loins 25c Ib.; eggs 37c¢
doz.; sliced bacon 35c¢ 1b.; tokay grapes 3 Ib. 25c.
40 YEARS AGO - OCT. 11, 1946
Plans for the seventh annual Halloween party
and parade were underway. The parade was
sponsored jointly by Dallas Borough and Town-
ship PTA’s; Dallas Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs,
Dallas Women’s Club and the Dr. Henry M.
Laing Fire Company.
Back Mountain Memorial Library celebrated
its first anniversary. Speaker for the evening
was John B. Kennedy, superintendent of Kings-
ton Borough Schools. Paul Warriner was presi-
dent of the library association; Miss Miriam
Lathrop was librarian.
Married - Martha Mae Hadsel and Thomas E.
Reese; Bettie C. Welsh and P. William Hanna,
Jr.; Beverly Veitch and George Moore.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Sherman
Wardan, 51 years.
Deaths - Margaret Reese, Luzerne; John
Carter, Hayfield Farm; Clyde N. Lapp, Dallas.
You could get - Cod fillets 35c 1b.; spaghetti
13c Ib. pkg.; Ma Skettino sauce 15c bottle; green
split peas 16 oz. pkg. 15c; pretzels 19¢ pkg.;
carrots 2 lb. llc; cabbage 3c lb.; apples 4 lb.
29¢; Shick Razor with 20 blades $1.25; hunting
licenses $2.
30 YEARS AGO - OCT. 12, 1956
The Linear Corporation of Philadelphia, a firm
with 600 employees and a $2 million payroll,
leased the idle Fernbrook Park Mills plant in
Dallas Township. The corporation, which made
precision moulded seals used in hydraulic and
pneumatic systems, would begin production in
1957.
Lehman and Ross Townships signed articles
agreeing to a jointure with Lake-Noxen Schools.
However, Jackson Township school board
remained neutral.
Engaged - P.F.C. Iris May and S.F.C. Ellis J.
Weeks.
Married - Bina Dendler and John Holdredge.
Deaths - Maude Reese, Lehman; J. Willis
Hawley, Noxen; Henry Rolison, Fernbrook;
Lucy Coolbaugh, Orange.
You could get - Rib steak 89c Ib.; turkeys 49c
Ib.; cheese 49c 1b.; veal chops 69c 1b.; potatoes
50 1b. bag 99c; McIntosh apples 4 Ib. bag 49c;
LaChoy bean sprouts lb. can 15¢; Wise potato
chips 5% oz. bag 33c; Karo syrup 1% Ib. jar 24c;
Louella evap. milk 6 cans 76¢; cranberry sauce 2
cans 29c¢.
20 YEARS AGO - OCT. 13, 1966
Dallas Post Office prepared for its dedication.
Edward Buckley was Postmaster.
Pennsylvania Newswomen held a one-day
seminar at Hayfield House. Main speaker was
Howard N. King, vice president of Maple Press
Company.
Dr. Lester Jordan, Trucksville, returned from
a five-man Rotary Club fishing trip to Cabonage,
Canmada with a 44-inch northern pike. The fish
topped the scales at 22 pounds, cinching the title
of Admiral for 1966 for Dr. Jordan.
Engaged - Carol Chase to Fred Conrad; Carol
Sibert to Robert Leroy Wandel.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kyttle, 59
years; Mr. and Mrs. Allan W. Sanford, 45 years;
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Crispell, 41 years.
Deaths - Clarence Rinken, Idetown; Ada
Casterline, Noxen; Mrs. Ted Poad, Shavertown;
Kunkle; Emily Goldsmith, Dallas.
You could get - Boneless round roast 89c 1b.;
cube steaks 99c 1b.; scallops 69c Ib.; apples 3 Ib.
39c; bananas 10c lb.; cranberries lb. pkg. 35c;
cottage cheese 29¢ 1b.; A&P coffee 79c Ib.; Ivory
liquid detergent 1 pt. 6 oz. bot. 59¢; orange juice
4-6 oz. cans 75¢c; Velveeta 2 Ib. pkg. $1.15.
10 YEARS AGO - OCT. 14, 1976
Members of the Dallas School board granted
an extension of time for survey and conveyance
of title on the Shavertown Elementary School.
This recommendation was made by Richard
Hislop, property committee chairman.
A delegation of Back Mountain fire company
executives recommended the passage of munici-
pal ordinances requiring the installation of
smoke or fire alarms in the home during a
meeting of the Dallas Rotary Club.
Engaged - Bertha Supulski and Joseph Quad-
rini.
A GREAT BIG HAPPY
BIRTHDAY goes out to Mr.
William Kubis of Dallas who
celebrated his 79th birthday
on October 5. ;
Mr. Kubis, who is known
around fown as Dallas No. 1
Fan, celebrated his birthda
in style this year as lots an
lots of people wished him
well on his special day.
_ Mr. Kubis’ photo appeared
in The Times Leader along
with other area residents
celebrating birthdays and
his name was mentioned
during a weather broadcast
on WNEP-TV-Channel 16. So,
his birthday certainly didn’t
go unnoticed this year.
Happy birthday, Mr. Kubis
- and many happy returns!
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CONGRATULATIONS to
Susan Pearn of Murray
Street, Forty Fort. Susan,
whose parents, Shirley and
Dave Pearn, are avid
readers of this column,
recently became engaged.
And, shame on me, Susan,
for failing to remember your
fiancee’s name - but best of
DOTTY MARTIN
luck to both of you just the
same.
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WELCOME HOME to Jim
Drury, proprietor of Drury’s
Delicatessen of Harveys
Lake.
Jim recently spent a few
days as a medical Dalen in
Nesbitt Memorial Hospital,
but is now home
copper. The beauty of
natures forests and
mountains are the stepping
stones to winter. Most of us
think of the ocean and
beaches as part of summer
never looking beyond the hot
sunny part o i all.
THE GREGORSKI
FAMILY of Orchard View
Terrace, Dallas, spent four
days last week at Long
Beach Island, New Jersey
walking the sandy beaches
and enjoying the sound of
the rustling waters as fall
sends it in. No swimming of
course, but Marilyn reports
it was one of the most
beautiful, relaxing vacations
their family has enjoyed.
Marilyn serves as
recreational director at the
Meadows Nursing Center in
Dallas.
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MARY RICE, a former
Dallas resident now living in
Kingston, also enjoyed a fall
vacation. Mary and friends
gui ved a week at beautiful
Ww Jamibing, Virginia. She
a
also reports fall as a
Mary serves as General
Chairman for the Wilkes-
Barre Italian Festival
committee and she’s now in
high gear Ieparing for their
annual Columbus Day
weekend to be held on Public
Square. A Back Mountain
invitation is extended to all
of you to attend this fun
event on October 11, 12 and
13. Saturday, Sunday and
Monday will be filled with
free entertainment on the
square. Lots of good food
and a good time for all.
Mary Rice has a full fall
schedule as after that her
next Project is chairman of a
“dinner theatre” evening for
the Dallas Area Federated
Woman’s Club.
She may have moved to
Kingston but she still
belongs to the Back
Mountain. Mary has
ih
DEAR EDITOR:
was our only pump-
in.”
My seven-year old daugh-
ter wasn’t crying as we
stood looking at the empty
DAVID F. CONNER
General Manager
DOTTY MARTIN
Executive Editor
recuperating and slowl
getting back on his feet.
Hope you're feeling better
by the time you read this, -
Jim!
BELATED
ANNIVERSARY
GREETINGS are sent out to
my father and my
stepmother, Mr. and Mrs.
David Martin of Forty Fort,
who celebrated their fourth
wedding anniversary on
Thursday, October 2.
Rumor has it a trip in their
new van will mark the
occasion.
SINCERE SYMPATHY is
extended to my good friend
and neighbor Wanda Harker
of Murray Street, Forty
Fort, on the recent death of
her dog.
Only dog lovers can
appreciate the loss one feels
when a pet dies and, as a
dog lover, I sympathize with
the void Mrs. Harker is
feeling.
Kee
a your chin up, my
‘Ming”’ had a good
Chorus Line.”
The date is Pry
and the cost is $18.50 per
erson. Reservation deadline
1s October 10. Sound like a
fun evening? Call Mary Rice
at 283-2810 and join the
crowd for a fun evening. The
public, as well as club
members, is invited.
THERE ARE LOTS OF
EXCITING CHANGES going
on in the Back Mountain.
Sally Steinkirchner, mother
of seven children, has
decided it was her turn for
an education. Sally has
stopped all other
unimportant time consumin
events and enrolled as a ful
time student at Wilkes
College majoring in
accounting.
_ Sally is a very intelligent
individual and I now she’ll
do well. Good luck Sally.
HAPPY 84TH BIRTHDAY
WISHES go to Millie Kear, a
resident of Country Club
Apartments, Dallas. Mrs.
ear celebrates her special
day today, October 8. I hope
your day is filled with
ealth, happiness and love
Oct. 24
spot where the pumpkin used
to lie. Her eyes were moist,
but she wasn’t crying.
Not much grew in the
garden this year. Only the
cucumbers did well and the
one pumpkin. But what a
pumpkin it was! :
“Our pumpkin is bigger
than any of those,” my
daughter would say as we
passed Rave’s on our wa up
he mountain. She couldn’t
wait to carve it. Several
times I reminded her that it
Halloween was closer.
“We don’t want it to rot too
early,” I'd say.
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life with you and the loss will
get easier with time.
THE WOMEN of the
Kunkle United Methodist
Church did a great job
making Welsh cookies last
week.
Employees of The Dallas
Post put in several orders
and, as we sat around eating
the cookies last week, we
were grateful to the women
and all the hours they put in
making them. Then, when
we stepped on our scales this
week, we weren’t so grateful
anymore: ;
h well, at least the cookie
sales were for a good cause
as the proceeds benefitted
the church.
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SIS AND JACK
BIRNSTOCK of Clearwater,
Florida, are visiting family
members and friends in the
Back Mountain area this
week. :
The Birnstocks are staying
with their daughter, Jo Carol
Buckley, her husband
James and their family of
Mrs. Kear.
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MATT MAGEE, son of
Jack and Doris Magee of
Harveys Lake, had a happy
McDonald’s birthday with
his friends that they will all
remember for a long time.
It started off with the
power being off at 2:00, the
‘scheduled show time.”
That was all worked out and
the kids were just settling
down when fire engines
started howling into the Gulf
gas station next door.
Once again all the kids
were up fo the windows all
excited there was a fire.
That was under control, the
kids all “almost calm” once
again and now it’s party
time. The schedule was put
into action, the party was
underway when a waitress _
runs thru with a fire
extinguisher in her hand, all
the kids up and watchin
her, oh no, back to the Gulf
gas station. It seems a
recreation vehicle was in
trouble this time, fears and
anxieties were building
noticeable in August. It grew
and gow until it looked like
a golden mountain among
the vines and weeds sur-
rounding it. Two college
girls, I suppose from Miseri-
gordi, stopped and admired
it.
“That really is a gigantic
pumpkin,” they said. ;
Children were talking
about the pumpkin as they
walked down Laing Street to
get the school bus. The
teachers at the day-care
center in the Methodist
Church said that the Kids
were always asking, ‘When
Old trolley car
Dallas. While here, they will
be visiting their other
daughters, Jane Cummings
and Janet Molesky, both of
Dallas, as well as Mrs.
Birnstock’s father, Ralph
Elston of Kunkle.
Welcome to the Birnstocks
- it’s nice to have you here.
JAMIE OPALICKI of
Dallas recently competed in
and did rather well in a
moto-cross competition held
at Evansville. :
The son of John Opalicki
and Jane Cummings, both of
Dallas, Jamie placed second
in the first moto-cros and
fifth in the second moto-
cross of the day.
Jamie, age 18, has been
riding moto-cross for three
years. Way to go, Jamie!
FINALLY — a hats off
cheer to both Back Mountain
High School bands.
e Lake-Lehman Band,
under the direction of John
Miliauskas, went national
again last week when the
appeared on the ‘“Today’
unique recipe for one. Happy
belated birthday Matt!
Matt’s Daddy is manager of
Stapinski’s Drug Store in
Dallas. He is, by nature, a
calm person, but a few more
birth ays could change that,
00.
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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
WISHES go to two local
politicians and their
anniversaries were on the
same day also. I know they
think alike on many issues
but I didn’t know it went
back to their wedding dates!
Senator and Mrs. Cahrles
Lemmond, Jr., Lehman
Ave. Dallas, celebrated
their 29th anniversary on
Sunday, Oct. 5. The
Lemmonds are parents of
four children and he serves
as our own State Senator.
Tom and Martha Reese of
Franklin Street, Dallas,
celebrated their 40th
wedding anniversary on
Sunday, Oct. 5. They are the
arents of three children and
ave four grandchildren.
Tom is well known as the
“tax collector’’ and Martha
is employed at Weis
Markets.
Happy anniversary wishes
to both these couples. Ma
your future years be fille
will they pick the pumpkin?”
Now, it was gone.
Stolen.
I know that this shouldn’t
color my view of the whole
community. Dallas is still a
nice place to live. Yet, I find
myself less tolerant of the
beer bottles thrown glong
Lake Street each Friday an
Saturday night, the frequent
fights outsi
pub, and the trash that dis-
races Church Street and the
cme and Rea & Derick
parking lots.
Somewhere, a large, beau-
tiful pumpkin is an impres-
sive Fall decoration. I hope
show with weatherman
Willard Scott. Scott, in town
as part of The Times
Leader’s Lecture Series at
the new F.M. Kirby Center
for the Performing Arts, did
the nation’s weather from
Public Square one day last
week.
As part of the surly:
pone program, the Black
Nights Band helped Scott
celebrate Wilkes-Barre and
what it’s all about.
I must admit, though, the
Lake-Lehman band
members look much better
in one of those hats than
does Willard Scott.
And, the marchin
Mountaineers of Dallas High
School, under the leadership
of new director Steve Saive,
took three awards during
Sunday night’s Battle of
Champions Band
Tournament at Meyers High"
School. ;
(Dotty Martin is the
Executive Editor of
Pennaprint Inc., publishers
of The Dallas Post. Her
column appears weekly.)
politics!
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A LONG TIME TEACHER
at the Dallas School District,
Mrs. Katherin Scott passed
away in Wilkes-Barre
General Hospital last
Saturday. Mrs. Scott had all
four of our children in grade
school, she was a well known
teacher.
Our sympathy is extended
to her family and loved ones
at this time.
I END MY COLUMN THIS
WEEK with a very special
Happy Birthday wish to a
very special person. Mr. Bill
Kubis of New Goos Manor
who celebrated his 79th
birthday on Sunday, Oct. 5.
Mr. Kubis promises to
devote his next 79 years to
all the kids and sports in
Dallas School District,
should he live so long.
The Number One fan name
has been given to him in
various sports over the
years. He has jackets from
almost every sport readin
No. 1 fan. Mr. Kubis is we
known for his poems,
(Jean Hillard, a Back
Mountain resident, is a
columnist for The Dallas
Post. Her column appears
weekly.)
it provides as much joy in
the next month as it has all
summer for our family.
It was our only pumpkin...
BILL
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